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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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